All that pinkness is hurting my eyes!! Works better when the lights off. Plus the dog.

Shocking taste aside <<camping snob>>, it does look nice and spacious. One thing I would consider when ds / dc(?) older, is the privacy issue. I would imagine teenage boys would prefer their own space vs sharing with parents & toddlers, for example. If similar age though, I would think it's doable and should be fun.

It does look very comfortable, I have to say. Can imagine drinking lots of red wine and catching up with all the reading I never get time for... Love the dog, hate the colour (but my issue, didn't even as a child).

A stove, you say? Hmm, perhaps should revisit that set-up... Have read her thread properly (mainly as I felt guilty for being such a b**ch), and she does seem lovely - also staying for longer, so the whole unpacking thing probably more relaxed.

The main question, however, remains: Now does she have a hammock??

Ps: Apparently all of that fits into one trailer, so Val's obviously good at packing!

I've seen pictures of her flowery one, it's really lovely. Iirc doesn't she pitch her tents by herself? They are always perfect and I love the awning. I've got a tiny bell tent, a bit over 3m and I've never found a way of fixing an awning to it.

I got a tarp and the first and only time I tried to put last year it up my Ds (then 5) asked me to stop as it was embarrassing him. It was a massive impossible to control nylon thing. I'm looking at a canvas tarp now in the hope that something more solid might be easier to pitch.

That's funny. Wait until he's a teenager and you'd probably need to drop him around the corner whilst pitching! We've got a cotton tarp, and have nothing to compare it with, but we're still a bit useless. Looks all right when done, but a faff. I suspect it might just be because we're a bit rubbish with it...

I have thought of the privacy issue - but I think that is a long way off ... so by then may need to take multiple tents anyway! The bell tent people reckon 5m is big enough for 6 people but soulpad people don't ... are they different sizes? We are going to stay in a soulpad in July so maybe I'll know more then